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Current Chair

Billy L. Hutchison, BA, RRT-NPS, Chair

Billy has been a member of the AARC since 1998. He believes that transport therapists provide an important role in disaster relief due to their skills and flexibility in adapting to situations.

Hutchison has a passion for international aid. He has assisted in Haiti following the devastating earthquake a total of three different times. He presented a lecture on the role of a respiratory therapist in responding to an international disaster detailing his Haiti experience. He also assisted in Peru following one of their crippling earthquakes. He taught neonatal transport and mechanical ventilation to several hospitals in Lima, Peru and the surrounding area hospitals. His experience is not limited to international disasters either as he has assisted in evacuations for Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ike as a transport logistics coordinator at Texas Children's.

Hutchison has coauthored articles on neonatal transport and lectured at numerous respiratory schools on the many roles of the respiratory therapist with emphasis on transport. He has also presented at numerous Air Medical Transport Conferences.

Currently, Billy is working for CareFusion as a Clinical Specialist for he Western U.S. specializing with transport teams. Earlier in his career he assisted in starting up the Texas Children's Hospital Kangaroo Crew transport team in 1998. He has served as Safety Officer and Senior Transport Therapist for 13 years.

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